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    AUR : the electoral geography of Romanian conservative nationalism
    (SAGE Publications, 2023) Crăciun, Claudiu; Țăranu, Andrei
    In December 2020, Romania held elections for its new Parliament amid the pandemic crisis. The voter turnout was historically low, at 31.84%. The Alliance for the Union of Romanians, a new party, won 9% ofthe vote, making it the fourth largest party in the Parliament. Having received only 0.29% of the votes in thelocal elections held 2 months prior, Alliance for the Union of Romanians' success was unexpected. To explain this outcome, we analyse its programmatic choices, political strategy and symbolic and electoralgeographies. The pandemic crisis allowed the consolidation of a nationalist and conservative constituency originating in the 2018 constitutional referendum to ban same-sex marriages. Romania's example shows that a nationalist-conservative radical party can become viable if extra-political groups, networks and organisations are willing to lend significant local support to it.
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    Europeanization of green parties in Central and Eastern Europe
    (Medimond, 2016) Crăciun, Claudiu
    The paper sets up a framework to understand and further research the role of European party federations as governance and Europeanization actors in central and Eastern Europe. The specific case is the European Green Party (EGP) and the members and associated parties in the regions. From preliminary findings, there are discursive, programmatic and organizational changes in the parties of the region. The research can fit into the larger Europeanization literature with so far has engaged only selectively the European Party Federation. Apparently, the EGP is in a unique position. The number of contenders, with their relatively small size and weak electoral performance, makes EGP a power for actor in relation to the CEE parties. In many cases, it acts like a gatekeeper of European governance.